Service Details
Name:
 ELS
Given Name:
 ANDRIES PETRUS
Initials:
 A P
Service No:
 05079876PE
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 400 Airfield Maintenance Unit; Sector 70 Headquarters
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Date of Death:
 1978-02-19
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Date of Birth:
 1925-12-06
Age:
 52
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy, at Katima Mulilo. While returning from a church service at a nearby village, his vehicle was struck by a RPG
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. P. G. Els, of Diamant Road, Lyttelton. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 964.

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